[fanart] Up to Interpretation

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Title: Up to Interpretation
Author/Artist: kakkobean
Character(s) or Pairing(s): France, Belgium, America, England, Japan
Rating: G
Warnings: Your Childhood may not leave intact.
Summary: You know how most countries, we have caricatures of stereotypes from other countries? Well, a lot of those get turned into Material Dubiously Suitable For Children. You have been warned.



I had no idea that Asterix was actually a Belgian cartoon until someone told me, and then I looked it up and found it to be true. And Tin-Tin, too! Have I never read a French comic book?! WOE!Okay, so I was actually correct and it is French and not really Belgian at all. Or something. *flails* I SUCK. But Tin-Tin is still Belgian and that shocks me


Shortly after this took place, a scene Most Definitely Not Suitable For Children occurred. If someone fics it, I will love them.
Some of you now have that Madeline song stuck in your head now, don't you.

And yes, as you can see, I like beating up on France. Oh, but France, it could be worse--you could be portrayed as a destitute immigrant, like what England did with Peru *cough*PADDINGTONBEAR*cough--or just imagine, you could have ended up like England envisioned by Japan:

That's right, folks--Though Hello Kitty is indeed a Japanese creation, she is CANONICALLY ENGLISHthough I think she's technically "from the UK", but I'm pretty sure that she was intended to be British because of Japan's fascination with English culture at the time she was conceived. You didn't know that? YOU KNOW IT NOW.

Comments

[seiichirou-uta.livejournal.com]

Haha, Hello Kitty and the eyebrows of doom. XD

Where do you have the info from Asterix was Belgian? AFAIK it IS French... at least both creators where/are from France and the magazine where it was published first is French, too. Or did you mean Franco-Belgian? That would be something else...

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Hello Kitty makes those brows look BOSS.

Fraco-Belgian, I think--at least, the creator was based in Belgium. Or So People Have Said. >.>

[seiichirou-uta.livejournal.com]

Is that why England likes to act all bossy? °XD

Ahem. Right now it is not quiet clear to me, if you know what Franco-Belgian means - so if not: It simply means that a comic is from France or from Belgium. I looked up some pages and I can't find any info on Asterix being from Belgium. Well, I don't know where people got that from but I don't know anything about this, too. I still remember when Uderzo obtained the Max und Moritz Prize for his lifework at the Comicsalon in Erlangen 2004 (at that time I still lived in this city)....

...but this is Hetalia, ne?

Anyways. It's not that important, I think. :) The pictures are funny none the less! <3

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Huh. Well, I guess it's French then. *pumps fist* yeehaw, I have read a French comic book! *feels less woe-ful*

Thanks 83

[hagane-no-mame.livejournal.com]

Paddington Bear... destitute immigrant... hmmm. I guess it makes sense to me why he ate his boots o.o

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Did he now? I totally don't remember that o.o

[rabidradish.livejournal.com]

If hello kitty is english, that makes Shinatty chan english too. D:

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Ssh! Don't tell Yao!

[rabidradish.livejournal.com]

XD oh dear. His panda is russian, and shinatty chan is british. ALL THAT HE LOVES IS A LIE.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Poor Baby!!

[lily-winterwood.livejournal.com]

LOL, but you forgot Superdupont for France! The fat guy with the mustache and the rooster....

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

I remember the bard dude that couldn't sing, Obelix, Idefix, the wizard dude, the Caesar, and how most of the women looked remarkably similar, but yeah...is that the guy who would throw things at the rooster to shut it up?

[lily-winterwood.livejournal.com]

I've never actually read it, but Superdupont's supposed to be the enemy of Anti-France and he embodies typical stereotypes of French people.

(at least, that's what my French textbook tells me)

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

...yeeeah, I've never read it. Sounds fascinating, though!

[lily-winterwood.livejournal.com]

So that means we should draw France like him. *evil laugh*

Here's Superdupont on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdupont)

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

pfff omg. He can team up with England!Danger Mouse and America!Captain America!

[lily-winterwood.livejournal.com]

Yesssssss. And China!Monkey King. :D

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Yessssssssssssssssssssss

[ifluff.livejournal.com]

I actually find this to be really interesting, I totally didn't know that Hello Kitty was meant to be British xDDD

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

You learn something new every day in this fandom! 83

[ifluff.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, so true xDD

[materia-indigo.livejournal.com]

OMG, Kitty is English??!

I must ponder this now to determine if it explains anything. o.0 Hmm ... now all that punk!Kitty stuff I see in Hot Topic (where Kitty's wearing piercings and things) does make a little more sense.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

The clouds of confusion have parted!

[kurai-malik.livejournal.com]

Is it weird that I want a Hello Kitty with those eyebrows now? >.>

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

If it is, then I'm weird too >.>

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Y'cant's say I didn't warn ya You are very welcome >83

Al loves that shirt, too

[heyheyho.livejournal.com]

Dammit I should have not being drinking water while seeing this! XD

[heyheyho.livejournal.com]

Also I'm from Peru and I never heard about that Paddington Bear fffff
There's only this type of bear in South America:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_Bear
And he really doesn't look like one at all, lol.
Not that I would expect accuracy from them anyway.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Silly English children's literature authors--never can get ANYTHING right >.>

[omgimsuchadork.livejournal.com]

:::is the keeper of tons of Hello Kitty/Sanrioverse legend and lore. is disappointed in herself that she NEVER made this connection. orz:::

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Better late than never, I always say

[satoshi69.livejournal.com]

Hello Kitty looks so manly with those brows! xDD

And your icon is a pure win. x)

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

She puts the Hell in Hello >83

Thanks, I am quite proud of it ♥

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it seems as if he really is French...I screwed up. Oh well.

Eeeexcellent! 83

[ilumena.livejournal.com]

Heehee these are amazing. Also it feeds my desire to see France and Belgium cosplaying as comic book characters.

I will never be able to get the image of bushy-browed Hello Kitty out of my head now. Thanks XDD

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

So who would France be, pheremone-man? I personally believe that Canada would be Wolverine since the dude IS canonically Canadian >.>

You're welcome 83

[ilumena.livejournal.com]

I was actually thinking of Asterix and Tintin, at least for Belgium and France, but yes, this too, would be very funny =D. And OH YEAH Canada is totally Wolverine hahahaha YES.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

JUST POSTED CANADA AS WOLVERINE HURRR

[kisaragifan.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice!

I'll save it in my memories.

Hello Kitty is British? LOL.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

*gasp* I'm being memoried! *flaaaaaiiilllssss*

Yes, she is indeed. The things you learn in school (no really, I found it out in a textbook)

[seminiray.livejournal.com]

haha, I was just thinking about how it'd be like to cross Asterix and Hetalia today

... you made me damn happy :'D

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

You're welcome 83

[adriana-linkinp.livejournal.com]

Some of you now have that Madeline song stuck in your head now, don't you.
*shakes fist at you*
I used to love that cartoon so much. xDD There was this one computer game where Madeline travelled all across Europe! Very lulzy stuff. I only wish I could find it... :I

Iggy!eyebrows Hello Kitty ftw.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

I'm Madeline, I'm Maaadeline~
Oh yeah, that game! I found reviews of it while I was doing some research for this picture >.>

Iggy!eyebrows Hello Kitty pwns all.

[adriana-linkinp.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see a showdown between Iggy!eyebrows Hello Kitty and Shinatty. Who would win? D:

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

*starts a betting pool*

[adriana-linkinp.livejournal.com]

*makes popcorn*

[filosofieke.livejournal.com]

Well, They both had/have French nationality. Uderzo does have Italian roots, And Goscinny had other roots as well, he also lived in America for quite a long time, since he was Jewish (so because of the second world war).

Asterix is so absolutely a French product, first published in Pilote, a French childrens magazine. But Uderzo and Goscinny were from the franco-belgian school, which was essentially a collection of authors who strived for more respect for comics. It was not-done to read comics in the early sixties, and they were also victim to censure, could not draw what they wanted, had a lot of constraints from publishers.

Uderzo, Goscinny and Hergé (from Tin Tin) certainly knew each other well, and I believe Goscinny worked with some belgian comic artists as well, so the line is pretty vague, but it is certainly a french comic (many the inside jokes in the French originals are referring to french culture and politics)

So maybe this is a geekish comment, but I'm from Belgium, and I adore Asterix. He is very popular in Belgium, and the last album even sorted a day earlier in Belgium than in France...which gave us time to inform them that Aliens had invaded the Asterix realm...:s